Gender Norms and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Low-Income Countries: What We Learned by Reviewing the Evidence
Women around the world face barriers to participating in the labor force.
Is there a right way to accommodate rapid urban growth in developing countries?
Should cities in developing countries fix what they already have or start fresh?
Greater transparency is still possible for single-party democracies in Africa
Achieving transparency is a formidable challenge in some sub-Saharan African countries, a third of which have been ruled by a single party for several decades.
Digital payments in transportation can help developing cities drive economic growth
Public transit is both a challenge and an opportunity for cities in developing markets to expand the global economy.
Can the private sector help address the global refugee crisis?
Conflicts and instability have expelled more than 68 million men, women, and children from their homes around the world.
A new funding approach could bring clean water to the world’s poorest households
Achieving universal access to safe drinking water by 2030 could cost as much as $166 billion per year for capital expenditures alone.
Using technology to improve women’s safety in Pakistan’s urban transit systems
Sexual harassment in public spaces can restrict women's mobility and economic opportunity.
In South Asian slums, women face the consequences of climate change
A new study shows that stressors brought by climate change may lead to increased domestic abuse and sleep deprivation among impoverished women.
A tale of two cities: Why there is no “one solution” to combating spousal abuse
Southeast Asia has high rates of domestic violence, but those designing interventions should not treat this region as a monolith.
Where rents are driven by quality of public services, not proximity to transit
Urban residents around the world know that living close to mass transit commands a price premium. But does this relationship hold true everywhere?